Tag: Wine

Crumbly Apple Pie with Quince Wine

You picked me up at the train station with a red rosebud. I was arriving from Schönefeld airport with my carry-on bag. I was a bit angry because you were late, I decided to forgive you. Since we haven’t met since Copenhagen, where a few months before we were on a date, I was longing f...

How to Set Up a Wine Business in Hong Kong?

In this post, I will talk about how you can set up a wine business in Hong Kong in 8 steps. Let's first have an overview of the current (2008 — 2022) Hong Kong wine market. Here are some statistics. Takeaways are: Total imports and re-exports overall see growth since 2008, when Hong ...

The Food and Wine of Paris

Oh, the food and wine of Paris, a feast for the senses, so dear. From the croissants and baguettes to the escargots and coq au vin, they fill my heart with delight and make my taste buds sing. I dream of savoring a croissant at a café, with a cup of coffee, so dark and so free. I dream of ...

Why Did We Used to Water Down Wine?

Wine has a long and storied history being one of the oldest and most popular drinks in the world, in 4th place after water, tea, and coffee, just ahead of beer. Wine features prominently in all three Abrahamic faiths, but it was no less important to the Ancient Greeks and the Romans, the latter indu...

My Real Beef with Mommy Wine Culture

Apparently, there are two types of wine drinkers in this world: 1) connoisseurs, and 2) mommies. The connoisseurs keep their wine in elegant racks, or better yet, temperature-controlled cellars. They sniff and swirl their wine before allowing it to pass their lips. They care about tannins, mouthf...